Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
GALILEO GALILEINothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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